Study on chemoprevention of hepatocellular carcinoma by ginseng: an introduction to the protocol.

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to investigate the awareness of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among high-risk individuals, including men who have sex with men (MSM) and medical personnel (MP) in Korea through a cross-sectional survey, identify possible obstacles hindering their access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (Pr...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Chang HH,Kim SW,Jung H,Lee SA,Park HK,Kim S,Lee JM,Choi JY

更新日期：2018-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatomyositis (DM) is an uncommon inflammatory myopathy with characteristic rash accompanying, or more often preceding, muscle weakness. There is a well-recognized association between DM and several cancers, such as ovarian cancer, breast cancer, melanoma, colon cancer, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. We report the first ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim HI,Chung SH,Hwang JE,Kim SH,Ahn JS,Yang DH,Kim YK,Yun SJ,Cho SH,Lee JJ,Chung IJ,Kim HJ

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most of malignant tumors arising in ovarian and extraovarian endometriosis are carcinomas. Mixed mullerian tumor and endometrial stromal sarcoma arising in intestinal endometriosis are rarely described, but its clinicopathologic features have not been well characterized. Here we report a case of endometrial stromal sa...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cho HY,Kim MK,Cho SJ,Bae JW,Kim I

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We experienced an unusual case of cardiac tamponde caused by a rupture of the coronary arteriovenous aneurysm in a 54-year-old woman. The patient was suffered from sudden chest pain and syncope, and was initially managed by pericardiocentesis following an echocardiogram which revealed a massive pericardial effusion wi...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ryu JC,Choe YH,Park PW,Park JE,Chae H,Lee WR

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia (Masson's hemangioma) is a disease characterized by exuberant endothelial proliferation within the lumen of medium-sized veins. In 1923, Masson regarded this disease as a neoplasm inducing endothelial proliferation, however, now it is considered to be a reactive vascular...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Hong SG,Cho HM,Chin HM,Park IY,Yoo JY,Hwang SS,Kim JG,Park WB,Chun CS

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obese subjects are more prone to sudden deaths and arrhythmias than non-obese subjects. Heart rate turbulence (HRT) impairment reflects cardiac autonomic dysfunction, in particular impaired baroreflex sensitivity and reduced parasympathetic activity. Our aim was to evaluate the cardiac autonomic function in obesity by...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Avsar A,Acarturk G,Melek M,Kilit C,Celik A,Onrat E

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike volume models, surface models, which are empty three-dimensional images, have small file size, so that they can be displayed, rotated, and modified in a real time. For the reason, the surface models of liver and neighboring structures can be effectively applied to virtual hepatic segmentectomy, virtual laparosc...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Shin DS,Chung MS,Lee JW,Park JS,Chung J,Lee SB,Lee SH

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMTs) are benign neoplasms that can occur at different anatomic sites with nonspecific clinical symptoms. A 48-yr-old woman presented with a 2-month history of a relapsed oral ulcer, progressive dyspnea, and a thoracic pain induced by breathing. A tumorous mass was noticed in the r...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee DH,Lee SH,Sung JK

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chest radiographs (CXR) are the most commonly used imaging techniques by various clinicians and radiologists. However, detecting lung lesions on CXR depends largely on the reader's experience level, so there have been several trials to overcome this problem using post-processing of CXR. We investigated the a...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Hong GS,Do KH,Lee CW

更新日期：2019-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) has evolved to become a standard treatment of choice for end-stage liver diseases. The present study was performed to evaluate the peri-operative medical factors affecting transplantation outcome and to determine if patients with type B viral cirrhosis were acceptable for OLT. A ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi JY,Park YM,Byun BH,Kim TY,Yoon SK,Chung KW,Sun HS,Park DH,Kim BS,Kim DG,Kim IC

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A button battery inserted in the nose of children is an unusual foreign body which is capable of causing extensive tissue damage, resulting from electrical and chemical burns. We report a case of button battery in the nose of a 4-year-old boy presenting with unilateral nasal discharge, and necrosis in the septum and t...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim KK,Kim JR,Kim JY

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a controversy about the effect of having a usual source of care on medical expenses. Although many studies have shown lower medical expenses in a group with a usual source of care, some have shown higher medical expenses in such a group. This study aimed to empirically demonstrate the effect of havi...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim D,Kim S,Park HK,Ha IH,Jung B,Ryu WH,Lee SI,Sung NJ

更新日期：2019-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Septic arthritis and gout are major diseases that should be suspected in patients with acute monoarthritis. These two diseases are clinically similar and often indistinguishable without the help of synovial fluid analysis. Recently, a novel diagnostic rule for gout without synovial fluid analysis was developed and sho...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee KH,Choi ST,Lee SK,Lee JH,Yoon BY

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Default from tuberculosis (TB) treatment could exacerbate the disease and result in the emergence of drug resistance. This study identified the risk factors for default from TB treatment in Korea. This single-center case-control study analyzed 46 default cases and 100 controls. Default was defined as interrupting trea...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park CK,Shin HJ,Kim YI,Lim SC,Yoon JS,Kim YS,Kim JC,Kwon YS

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to review occupational reproductive abnormalities and occupational bladder cancer in Korea and to discuss their toxicological implications. Reproductive dysfunction as a result of 2-bromopropane poisoning was first reported in Korean workers. In 1995, 23 of the 33 workers (25 female and 8...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park J,Shin KS,Kim Y

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although studies on pediatric dysfunctional voiding are increasing, there have not been enough efforts to validate the Dysfunctional Voiding Symptom Score (DVSS) questionnaire. Therefore, we aimed to translate and validate the DVSS into Korean. The DVSS questionnaire was validated between January and October, 2013. Tw...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee HE,Farhat W,Park K

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to present and analyze, for the first time, the results of a government-supported nationwide newborn hearing screening (NHS) pilot project in the 17 major cities and provinces of Korea. METHODS:We analyzed a nationwide NHS database of 344,955 newborns in the pilot project from 2014...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Chung YS,Oh SH,Park SK

更新日期：2020-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase play a key role in the maintenance of telomere length and chromosome integrity. We have evaluated the association between telomerase activity and the risk of lung cancer in peripheral blood. Telomerase activity in peripheral blood mononuclear cells was measured by a PCR-designed telomeric repeat amplificati...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jeon HS,Choi JE,Jung DK,Choi YY,Kang HG,Lee WK,Yoo SS,Lim JO,Park JY

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to identify the influence of vertebral fracture (VF) on the functional disability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study consecutively enrolled 100 female patients aged 50 yr or older with RA. All participants underwent lateral imaging of the thoracolumbar spine by simp...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cho SK,Lee JH,Han M,Lee S,Kim JY,Ryu JA,Choi YY,Bae SC,Sung YK

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two cases of fetal atrial flutter associated with severe fetal hydrops which were unresponsive to digoxin but were successfully treated with flecainide acetate. Two cases of fetal atrial flutter were identified in fetuses with severe fetal hydrops on 3rd trimester ultrasonogram(28 weeks' gestation and 30 w...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Won HS,Lee IS,Yoo HK,Yoo SJ,Ko JK,Lee PR,Kim A,Mok JE

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although congenital renal tumors are rare, congenital mesoblastic nephroma (CMN) is the most common renal tumor in early infancy. It is non-metastatic, well differentiated, amenable to surgical removal, and carries a good prognosis. Polyhydramnios has been detected in most of the published cases of CMN. However, we ex...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim CH,Kim YH,Cho MK,Kim KM,Ha JA,Joo EH,Kim SM,Song TB

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to examine changes in the prevalence of cytotoxic-associated gene A (CagA) positive Helicobacter pylori infection in Jinju, Korea, over the last 20 years. METHODS:Three cross-sectional analyses were conducted concurrently. A total of 1,305 serum samples were collected from 19...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park JS,Jun JS,Ryu EY,Yeom JS,Park ES,Seo JH,Lim JY,Park CH,Woo HO,Baik SC,Lee WK,Cho MJ,Rhee KH,Youn HS

更新日期：2020-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:To enhance the accuracy for determining the precise localization, the findings of the compound nerve action potentials (CNAPs) of the common peroneal nerve (CPN) were investigated in patients with common peroneal mononeuropathy (CPM) in the knee, and the sural sensory nerve action potentials (SNAPs) were also analyzed...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kwon HK,Kim L,Park YK

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Writing a good quality scientific article takes experience and skill. I propose 'Ten Tips' that may help to improve the quality of manuscripts for scholarly journals. It is advisable to draft first version of manuscript and revise it repeatedly for consistency and accuracy of the writing. During the drafting and revis...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Hong ST

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate whether the demographic variable-adjustment and supplementation of Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) score can improve the screening ability of Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) for dementia and its subtypes. Five hundred forty-one non-demented comparison (NC) and 474 dementia (320 Al...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim JW,Lee DY,Seo EH,Sohn BK,Park SY,Choo IH,Youn JC,Jhoo JH,Kim KW,Woo JI

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the incidence of unsuspected gallbladder (GB) carcinomas in a total of 527 consecutive GB specimens resected for benign biliary disease and their clinicopathological features. The GBs were examined microscopically using stepwise tissue sections at 5 mm interval. Clinical and pathological findings were ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kwon SY,Chang HJ

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Burden of disease can be used to prioritize the healthcare budget allocation. We analyzed the research and development (R&D) budget of the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) in 2018 and compared the results with those of the 2015 Korean National Burden of Disease (KNBD) study. Methods:The 2018 MOHW R&D P...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park SY,Yoon SJ,Park H,Jo MW,Oh IH

更新日期：2019-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the relationship of high emotional demands and low job control to suicidal ideation among service and sales workers in Korea. A total of 1,995 service and sales workers participated in this study. Suicidal ideation and level of emotional demand and job control were assessed by self-reported questionnaire i...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Yoon JH,Jeung D,Chang SJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate what heterogeneity exists in breast cancer, 228 consecutive patients with operable invasive duetal carcinoma (IDC), not otherwise specified, were categorized on the basis of the horizontal progression model of carcinogenesis. Using the reversed Black's nuclear grade (RBNG) in the IDC component and the a...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jo BH,Chun YK

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) is a very rare genetic disorder of the peripheral nervous system characterized by recurrent episodes of unexplained fever, generalized anhidrosis, insensitivity to pain and temperature, and accompanied by self-mutilating behavior and mental retardation. We report...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim JS,Woo YJ,Kim GM,Kim CJ,Ma JS,Hwang TJ,Lee MC

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00